The Dopamine Nation, written by Anna Lembke, aims to explain human’s chase for pleasure in an easily digestible manner. Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist as…
Lydia TianOctober 14, 2021
The Seaspiracy documentary presents a nuanced and interesting take on the fishing industry and its associated environmental and structural problems. It highlights the (potential) largest…
Lydia TianSeptember 10, 2021
Inspired by the phrases ‘ignorance is bliss, ‘Tis folly to be wise’, and my experiences with knowledge and wisdom, I attempted to seek an answer…
Lydia TianJune 2, 2021
For this issue’s Office Hours, Spiegeloog talked to Brenda Jansen. Brenda has several academic roles at the UvA within the Clinical Developmental Psychology field. She…
Lydia TianApril 30, 2021
Ng Zhen Cong What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Ng Zhen Cong (bachelor, first year). What is the most…
Lydia TianApril 12, 2021
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - and Why This Harms Everybody, is a recently published book by Helen…
Lydia TianMarch 1, 2021
Ruby Manten is the new student chair for the PC, for the year 2020-2021. She has been in the PC for almost 2 years and…
Lydia TianFebruary 5, 2021
According to a recent article published by Folia, Internationale studenten zwaar oververtegenwoordigd in studentenraden (International students are heavily over-represented in student councils), there are a…
Lydia Tian and Julius DullaertJanuary 29, 2021
The Psychology of Wellbeing by Gary W. Wood is witty and insightful with a psychological and philosophical take on wellbeing. This book provokes one to…
Lydia TianNovember 12, 2020
With a new academic year comes a new Regional Board of the UvA Section Psychology Students (SPS) of the Dutch Association of Psychologists (NIP). Spiegeloog…
Lydia TianOctober 16, 2020
In comparison to previous years, many things have changed for this year’s batch of psychology students. Besides the obvious shift to online learning, alternative online…
Lydia TianAugust 31, 2020
On Thursday, 18th June 2020, Spiegeloog interviewed two researchers from UvA Psychology in a live Zoom organized by Ingmar Visser – Director of Psychology. We…
Lydia TianJuly 3, 2020
Miriam Idris What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Miriam Idris (bachelor, second year). What’s the most useful thing you’ve…
Lydia TianJune 15, 2020
For the longest time, I thought I would never find people who understood what it’s like knowing, living in and embodying more than one culture.…
Lydia TianMay 1, 2020
With the recent implementation of an international bachelor at the Psychology department (since 2018-2019), the topic of diversity has become more relevant at our department.…
Lydia TianMarch 9, 2020
Cherry Lin What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Cherry Lin (bachelor, second year). What is the most useful thing…
Lydia TianFebruary 17, 2020
The Mind, Explained – first released on 12th September 2019, on Netflix – does a decent job at bridging the gap between scientific and laymen…
Lydia TianJanuary 20, 2020
Sharon Klinkenberg is a senior lecturer at the UvA, in the Psychological Methods department. He is one of the lecturers for the course on scientific and…
Lydia TianJanuary 13, 2020
In recent years, there has been an increasing number of exonerations in the United States (USA). It is puzzling that, despite intense interrogations and the…
Lydia TianMay 3, 2019
In moments of crisis, one often perceives that time slows down. Everything appears to unfold in slow-motion and it feels as if minutes have gone…
Lydia TianJanuary 18, 2019